, 1887-12-22
DEMAND FOR STATEHOOD.
OPINIONS OF MAYORS OF PYINCIpAI. WASH
IHGToS TERRITORY CITIES.

ANN1 SN CITIES.
A short time since the following
questions Were address ed to the may
ors of the principal cities in Wash
ington territory:
What do you think Of the PROPOSE
ton to admit Washington territory at
at this session of congress?
If favorable to admission what
name do you favor for the new state
For What reasons?
What city do you prefer for the
capital of the new state?
Replies to the above have been re-
ceived as follows:
Mayor Ira A Town, of Tacoma,
answered: l am strongly in favor of
the admission of this territory as a
state at the coming session of con
gress. l believe that justice de-
mands Immediate action ON the part
of congress, and think an enabling
act will be passed at an early date,
but do not expect the territory will
be made a state in time to have a
voice in the next presidential elec-
ton.
l see no reason for change in
name. think the ''State of Wash
ington" a very appropriate name. 1t
Is euphOnious and Is the highest
name in American history. l feel
much more like honoring it by its
application as the name of one of the
states of the nation, than supplanting
it with mere technical or local and
less respected name. see no danger
of confusion between the state of
Washington" and Washington, d. c.
have no desire to enter into con-
test upon the location of the capital
l would like to see it located at Ia
coma, but il not to come here and is to
be moved from Olympia, should then
favor its going east of the Cascade
mountains, somewhere near the con
ter of the territory, east and west.
Mayor A III. Chambers, Olympia:
1 must say that I am net in favor of
the territory being admitted as a
state at the coming session of con-
presidential election as practical
Admission at the coming session of
congress, to ne, looks too much like
admission for political reasons, and
the people would be called upon to
take part in the presidential election
before the affairs of the state had be
come familiar.
The name of the state to be WASH
ington, first, last, and all the time.
Born and raised under the name, |
wish to see the name retained.
For the capital, Olympia. as it has
always borne that distinction, and
treated all we'll who have had occa-
sion to visit it, and l see no reason
why it should be removed.
Mayor James McAufiffe, Walla
Walla: / would like to see Wash
ington Territory admitted and
called the state of Columbia. My
choice for capital of the state is
Mayo Mayor (. W. de Lion, Port
Townsend: l favor the admission of
Washington Territory as state and
trust that congress will admit WASH
ington territory in the coming sesr
sion.
Regarding the name of the new
state, if admitted, l favor it to be
| called Washington, first, for the rea-
son that it will be be better known to
foreign correspondents who have had
business with us as Washington ter
ritory, and letters directed to w. Il,
would come regularly to their desti-
nation until the territory" could be
dropped; second, the name of Wash
ington could not be given to a
better use, in memory to the father
of our country, than to this great
coming state.
Regarding the town l favor as cap,
ital of the new state, should favor
Ellensburg, for reason of its central
location in the new vast state, al
though | have never been east of the
Mountains
Mayor Charles Brown, Vancouver:
I am in favor of the speedy admis-
sion of Washington Territory.
For the new state I prefer the
name Washington to any suggested
] would, however. be pleased by the
adoption of some suitable and eu-
phonious Indian name, if one can be
found which has not already been
employed in the designation of some
town or county in the territory.
I favor Vancouver for the state
capital. Considering the lines oi
travel it is certainly located conven-
lent of access at all tin nes, is only one
hours ride from Portland, the me-
tropolis of the northwest, and des-
tined soon to be in direct railroac
communication with both Puge
Sound and eastern Washington.
Mayor A. l.. Miller, Goldendale:
am ia favor of the admission o
Washington territory into statehood
at the coming session of congress o
as soon thereafter as possible.
l am in favor of the new state com
ing in under the name of Washing
ton. 1t is fitting and proper that on
state Of the Union should bear tn
name of the illustrious Washington
, and 10 state is more entitled to tn
honor than the coming great state o
: the northwest The people of tn
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name of Washington would give bet